Observation of high-energy astrophysical neutrinos in three years of icecube data

Physical Review Letters

Volumn 113, Issue 10, 2014, Pages

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^a RWTH AACHEN UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA ANCHORAGE   (United States)

^d CLARK ATLANTA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^f SOUTHERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^h LAWRENCE BERKELEY NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

ⁱ HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^j RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

^k UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

^l UNIVERSITÉ LIBRE DE BRUXELLES   (Belgium)

^m VRIJE UNIVERSITEIT BRUSSEL   (Belgium)

ⁿ CHIBA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^o UNIVERSITY OF CANTERBURY   (New Zealand)

^p University of Maryland   (United States)

^q OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^r UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^s TU DORTMUND UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^t UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^u UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

^v UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA   (Switzerland)

^w GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^x UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^y UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

^z UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^aa University of Wisconsin Madison   (United States)

^ab JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^ac UNIVERSITY OF MONS   (Belgium)

^ad TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^ae UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

^af UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^ag SOUTH DAKOTA SCHOOL OF MINES AND TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^ah UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN RIVER FALLS   (United States)

^ai STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^aj STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^ak Sungkyunkwan University   (South Korea)

^al UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^am UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA   (United States)

^an PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^ao UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^ap UNIVERSITY OF WUPPERTAL   (Germany)

^aq DESY   (Germany)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASTROPHYSICS; ELEMENTARY PARTICLES; NEUTRONS; TELLURIUM COMPOUNDS;

ARRIVAL DIRECTION; DEPOSITED ENERGY; ENERGY NEUTRINOS; EXTENDED SOURCES; EXTRATERRESTRIAL ORIGIN; HIGH ENERGY NEUTRINOS; ICE CUBES; LIVE TIME;

PARTICLE DETECTORS;

EID: 84907215917     PISSN: 00319007     EISSN: 10797114     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.113.101101     Document Type: Article

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